Poudreuse



J.RONAYNE POUDREUSE Filed Jan. 15, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l y Q 1 amuewtozattozmeq ma Deb. 9, 24. 1,518,358

J. RONAYNE POUDREUSE Fi1ed JanLl5, 192 2 Sheeis-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 9,1924.

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Application fil'ed J'anuary 15', 19221. snainofeiasaa;

To ail whom it may concern.

Be it known tliat I, 'J'orIrtBoNAYiym a" citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county, of New York and State of NewYork, havemade certain new and useful Improvements in Poudreuses, andhereby declare the following specification to be a description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce a coinncodious and readilymovable article for use as a convenient dressing-table and for housingand protecting articles for toilet use, usually called a poudreuse. Alsoto provide a device which is very light in structure and slight in thesize of its various parts, produced by a novel construction which sobraces and combines the several parts that the whole structure is strongenough to resist strain. Also to provide a top to such structureconsisting of covering leaves which may be opened out on the sides foruse for extra table space which will maintain considerable strain whenweight is placed on ihem.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view showing the covering top opened out and themirror raised;

Fig. 2 is a view showing the covering leaves folded on the central partto act as a cover;

Fig. 3 is a vertical central cross section of Fig. 1.

Fig. t is a separate view of one of the sides with leg portion; and

Fig. 5 is a cross section of one of the legs as complete.

The device is preferably made of wood having a rectangular body portionformed by joining four flat surrounding side pieces A, A, which haveportions extending down to form supporting legs a, at. These four sidepieces are secured to each other at the corners by angle moldings b, 6,attached to their inner sides. The body portion is suitably partitionedand divided into compartments and provided with a hinged mirror B,adapted to fold down so its back is level with the top edges of the bodyportion.

At the ends of the body portion or well are hinged two folding leaves orwings C, C, each of which will cover one half of the body portion whenclosed over it, and will also form convenient resting or table spaceswhen opened out flat as shown in Fig. 1.

In the use of tables having leaves of this class, great'strain on the:attaching hinge;

occurs where the wings at the hinged point;

0, c,'rest directly against the body of? the.

table. This is particularly sowhenfweighfti is placed on theouterpoitionof the wings when opened, owing to the leverage causedthereby. Heretofore this strain has been relieved by auxiliary supportspulled out from the body of the table, on which the leaves rest. In myimproved table, I provide means to relieve such strain and give all thebenefits of a supporting bracket of considerable depth when theextension Wings are opened. This bracket forming device also provides auseful confining ledge at each end of the top of the stand or table,when the wings are closed over the body portion, and makes ready handlesas hereinafter described.

At a point directly over the hinged ends of the wings, I provideprojections or standards D, D, which are securely fastened to the wings.These standards have their top portion or crown bent outwards at d, d,sufficient distance to pass the projecting portion of the hinges c, 0,when the wings are opened out as will appear in Fig. 1. The curvedportion of the standards D, D, when the wings are opened, will then foldover the hinges and rest against the body portion or well of the deviceand firmly support the wings.

The mirror B, is hinged at each side of its rear edge to the dividingwalls or partiti ons e, e, and :fits snugly between them when foldeddown.

The crown or bent portion d, d, of the bracket forming standards D, D,also provides convenient handle portions for lifting and moving thestand when the leaves are closed. These brackets thus provide an elementin the construction which gives them a triple useful purpose, inaddition to increasing the ornamental effect.

The projections or standards D, D, each swing through an angle of onehundred and eighty degrees with the folding leaves or wings C, C, whenthe latter swing from one of their positions to the other. When thefolding leaves or wings C, C, are located in their position over thebody portion of the device to close the upper end thereof, they are inproper position to function as handles.

I prefer to make the bracket forming standards D, D, and hinges 0, 0,continuous across the end of the leaves C, C, but this continuity may bebroken provided their position and their form in cross section issubstantially maintained, so the space formed by the knee of the hingeis bridged by the standard when the leaf is opened out.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a table, the combination of a rcctangular upper body portion, a pairof leaves hinged to said body portion and closing the same When swung toa horizontal position thereover and standards extending up- Wardly andoutwardly from said leaves When the latter are located to close saidupper body portion, said standards in this position functioning ashandles for the table, and tending to tightly close said leaves with theupper portion of said table when pressure is brought under the outerportions of the standards, said standards bearing against the sides ofthe table and functioning as supporting brackets, when said leaves areswung one hundred and eighty degrees from their first position, touncover the upper body portion of the table.

JOHN RONAYN E.

